It has been a week since the presidential directive that put restrictions on social,cultural,religious, political or any other gatherings. As of midday the 25th of March 2020, only 14 people have tested positive for Coronavirus in Uganda. By now most of those in quarantine have already gotten over having to sleep in while those
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Young people have been urged to engage in active advocacy if they are to bring about long lasting change especially within the health sector. According to the Sexual Minorities Uganda Research and Documentation officer Richard Lusimbo, change takes place at the local, national and global levels when youth through advocacy engage with police officers, religious
20th March 2020 Sexual Minorities Uganda: Coronavirus – COVID-19 MEMO At Sexual Minorities Uganda-SMUG, we care about the health and safety of our members and the entire LGBTIQ Community. Although there is a worldwide outbreak of the Coronavirus-COVID19, as of 20th March 2020 Midday (12:00PM) UGANDA has NO confirmed case of COVID19 according to
Sexual Minorities Uganda today joins the rest of the world to commemorate Transgender Day Of Rememberance-TDOR. The Transgender Day of Remembrance is a day to remember transgender people who have been murdered as a result of transphobia. In Uganda this year there have been at least 3 confirmed brutal murders of transgender women. The latest
Sexual Minorities Uganda condemns all efforts by the government of Uganda to reintroduce the anti-homosexuality bill. In a press interview our Programs Director said, “ What came to my mind was NOT AGAIN!, we do not need this bill. We were not surprised though because every time elections are looming there’s a stir, we’ve been
(Kampala, Uganda) 9th October, 2019 Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) and the entire Ugandan Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex Community stands together to strongly condemn the brutal murder of Brian Wasswa – a young paralegal professional, respected community member, and Children of the Sun Foundation (COSF) focal person living in Jinja. On Friday 4th October
Sexual Minorities Uganda held a dialogue with Health Care providers in Western Uganda in a bid to sensitize them on the needs of lesbian, bisexual, queer and trans-women in Uganda. The project that begun in January 2019 is sponsored by CFLI and is aimed at addressing the health needs for LBQT women that have for
As I return to my work at Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), I share some reflections on a 4-month long study leave. I spent the last quarter of 2018 in the dream filled New York City, undertaking the Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) Fellowship at Columbia University http://www.humanrightscolumbia.org/hrap. I am happy to be back to this
2018 has been a pivotal year for Sexual Minorities Uganda. Progress has been cited in each of our key thematic areas of programming (Advocacy and Law Reform; Research and Documentation; Capacity Development/Strengthening; Safety and Protection). Each area has been buttressed by a number of programs, campaigns and other efforts that will be outlined briefly below.
When Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) was founded in March of 2004, its website’s domain name was “smug.org” as the Ugandan Constitution stipulates that any Ugandan can create an organization. Soon after the website’s release, SMUG employees noticed junk advertisements flooding the website. After approximately a week of inundating junk information, SMUG employees were unable to